PlainAttorney Register file of Sep 29, 2026 · NY Office of Court Administration, via data.ny.gov

Adam L. Shiff

On the New York attorney register since 1993 · office in New York, NY

PlainAttorney’s reading of the public register file, not a court record.

Registration No.
2534972
Admitted
1993 · Second Department
Status
Currently registered
Next registration
Jun 2027

Adam L. Shiff is currently registered on the New York attorney register file of Sep 29, 2026. Admitted in 1993 in the Second Department, with an office in New York, NY; next registration due Jun 2027. The status is the same in all 3 files we hold.

What this status means on the register

On the register, “Currently registered” means Adam L. Shiff has filed the biennial registration the court system requires; the next one is due in Jun 2027.

  1. Currently registered unchanged
  2. Currently registered unchanged
  3. Currently registered the first file we hold

Source: NY Office of Court Administration, attorney registration file (data.ny.gov, dataset eqw2-r5nb), downloaded Sep 29, 2026; the Jul 3, 2026 and Aug 6, 2026 files for the history.

Others who list this employer on the register

6 other attorneys list Herschmann Benson Bowen LLP or one of its other names as their employer on the register; 2 of them were admitted before 1993, and 6 of the 7 give an office in New York, NY. The 5 whose admission is closest to 1993, earliest first:

AttorneyAdmittedStatus
Daniel Richard Benson1981Currently registered
Eric Daniel Herschmann1987Currently registered
Michael Paul Bowen1993Currently registered
Andrew Rogers Kurland2010Currently registered
Jacob Isaac Benson2018Currently registered

Source: NY Office of Court Administration, attorney registration file (data.ny.gov, dataset eqw2-r5nb), downloaded Sep 29, 2026; employer spellings merged (methodology).

Where this record sits on the register

Adam L. Shiff studied at Georgetown University Law Center (the register spells it “GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY”). 1,734 of its 11,562 living graduates on the register were admitted in the 1990s, as Adam L. Shiff was.

Same law school
11,562living graduates; 87.9% registered (current or due), against 87.1% overall
Office in New York, NY
93,604living registrants

Of the 93,604 living registrants with an office in New York, NY, 17,459 were admitted before 1993 and 74,852 after.

Source: NY Office of Court Administration, attorney registration file (data.ny.gov, dataset eqw2-r5nb), downloaded Sep 29, 2026; living registrants only.

Questions this record leads to

  1. Georgetown University Law Center graduates on the register11,562 living, 87.9% registered.
  2. Attorneys with an office in New York, NY93,604 living registrants give an office there.
  3. New York County’s registered bar75,989 currently registered, 46.63 per 1,000 residents.
  4. Admitted in 19936,439 people admitted in 1993 are on the register, 2,408 of them through the Second Department.
  5. Every registration that reads “Currently registered”286,911 on the register file of Sep 29, 2026, by decade of admission.
  6. What a New York lawyer may chargeThe court rules on fees, retainers and fee disputes, each cited.

How to confirm it officially

For a statement of Adam L. Shiff’s standing, contact the Attorney Registration Unit of the NY Office of Court Administration (nycourts.gov/attorneys), or ask the Appellate Division, Second Department, which admitted Adam L. Shiff in 1993. A complaint about this attorney would go to the First Department’s grievance committee, which covers New York County, where the register places the office.

This page reads the register file of Sep 29, 2026, and the court system’s own search can be newer; the register shows only the current value, so a suspension that ended before the files we hold, or a censure, leaves no trace here (Appellate Division decisions are published through the court system’s Law Reporting Bureau).

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